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Issuer	Tarentum (Calabria)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	500 BC - 480 BC
Value	Nomos (2)
Currency	Campanian (Italic-Achaean) drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	8.15 g
Diameter	20 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 181821
References	Weber# 522-524 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Jameson# 86, 87 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes). , Dewing# 125 Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.); 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes). , AMB Basel# 75 Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland. , Gillet# 52 . Charles Gillet Collection. , HN Italy# 827 Neville Keith Rutter, Andrew Burnett; 2001. Historia numorum: Italy. British Museum, London, United Kingdom. , Vlasto# 108-139 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , SNG ANS 1# 831-841 Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , GCV# 224 David R. Sear. Greek Coins and Their Values. B.A. Seaby, London, United Kingdom (2 volumes). , SNG Ashmolean# 199-202 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , SNG Lloyd# 117-119 Peter Bagwell Purefoy, Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume II - The Lloyd Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). , SNG Lockett# 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , SNG France# 1576-1602 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum France (8 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 776-777 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes). , de Luynes# 264-267 Jean Babelon, Louis Ciani (ed.), Jules Florange (ed.). Catalogue de la collection de Luynes - monnaies grecques. Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France (4 volumes).

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Obverse

Phalanthos riding dolphin to left or right, sometimes, holding octopus. Below, sometimes, scallop shell.

Script: Greek (retrograde)

Lettering: ΤΑΡΑϞ

Reverse

Hippocamp to left or right; below, usually, scallop shell.

Script: Greek (retrograde)

Lettering: ΤΑΡΑϞ

Mint

Taras, Calabria, modern-day Taranto, Italy

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Date	VF	XF	References
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ND (500 BC - 480 BC)			Vlasto# 108 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)	$ 6800		Vlasto# 110 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Vlasto# 124 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Lockett# 122 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Weber# 523 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , Jameson# 86 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes).
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)			Vlasto# 111 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)			Vlasto# 115 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)	$ 8000		Vlasto# 116 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Weber# 524 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)			Vlasto# 118 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)		$ 4100	Vlasto# 119 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , SNG ANS 1# 837 Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)			Vlasto# 122 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)	$ 2200		Vlasto# 123 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Ashmolean# 202 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , Dewing# 125 Leo Mildenberg (ed.), Silvia Mani Hurter (ed.); 1985. The Dewing Collection of Greek Coins. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States (2 volumes).
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)			Vlasto# 125 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)	$ 9900		Vlasto# 126 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)		$ 8900	Vlasto# 127 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)	$ 2900	$ 8100	Vlasto# 129 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)		$ 8200	Vlasto# 130 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)	$ 11 000		Vlasto# 131 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , SNG ANS 1# 839 Joan E. Fischer; 1969. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: The Collection of the American Numismatic Society / Part 1. Etruria-Calabria. American Numismatic Society, New York City, New York, United States. , SNG Lockett# 126 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , SNG Copenhagen# 777 Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Royal Collection of Greek Coins. Danish National Museum. Copenhagen, Denmark (44 volumes).
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)			Vlasto# 132 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)	$ 8100		Vlasto# 133 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , SNG Lockett# 124 Edward Stanley Gotch Robinson, Richard Cyril Lockett. Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume III - The Lockett Collection. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes). , AMB Basel# 75 Herbert Adolph Cahn, Leo Mildenberg, Roberto Russo, Hans Voegtli; 1988. Griechische Münzen aus Grossgriechenland und Sizilien. Antikenmuseum und Sammlung Ludwig, Basel, Switzerland. , Gillet# 52 . Charles Gillet Collection.
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)		$ 5100	Vlasto# 134 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Weber# 522 Hermann David Weber, Leonard Forrer. Descriptive catalogue of the collection of Greek coins formed by Sir Hermann Weber M.D. 1823-1918. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (5 volumes).
ND (500 BC - 480 BC)			Vlasto# 136 Oscar E. Ravel; 1947. Descriptive Catalogue of The Collection of Tarentine Coins formed by M. P. Vlasto. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom. , Jameson# 87 Robert Jameson. Collection R. Jameson. Feuardent, Paris, France (4 volumes).

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Examples of the type

© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8597882k
ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 111 • 19 mm • 8.07 g • ↑↑ 9h

SNG France 1601

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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b113153897
ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 115 • 19 mm • 8.01 g • ↑↑ 12h

SNG France 1577; de Luynes 265

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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b85978689
ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 126 • 18 mm • 7.91 g • ↑↑ 6h

SNG France 1580

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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b113153912
ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 126 • 23 mm • 7.98 g • ↑↑ 2h

SNG France 1576; de Luynes 267

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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b11315388s
ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 126 • 19 mm • 8.02 g • ↑↑ 3h

SNG France 1578; de Luynes 264

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© Bibliothèque nationale de France / Gallica, ark:/12148/btv1b8499130t
ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 126 • 19 mm • 7.95 g • ↑↑ 9h

SNG France 1583; SNG Delepierre 186

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Version	Grade	Sold price
	CNG Mail Bid Sale 57 Lot 19	4 Apr 2001	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 108	VF	USD 1055.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Dr. Busso Peus Auktion 308 (19-21 October 1983), lot 34; Dr. Busso Peus Auktion 300 (28-30 October 1980), lot 33; Adolph Hess AG Auktion 247 (29 June 1978), lot 5; Münzen und Medaillen Auktion 52 (19-20 June 1975), lot 10
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction 78 Lot 179	26 May 2014	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 110, 124, SNG Lockett# 122, Weber# 523, Jameson# 86	XF	USD 6312.78 (CHF 5000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex UBS sale 64, 2006, 12
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Leu Numismatik Auction 13 Lot 5	27 May 2023	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 110, 124, SNG Lockett# 122, Weber# 523, Jameson# 86	VF	USD 6944.06 (CHF 5500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: CNG Mail Bid Sale 81 Lot 7	20 May 2009	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 110, 124, SNG Lockett# 122, Weber# 523, Jameson# 86	VF	USD 550.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Numismatica Ars Classica Auction P Lot 1321	12 May 2005	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 110, 124, SNG Lockett# 122, Weber# 523, Jameson# 86	VF	USD 454.52 (CHF 360.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Nomos AG Auction 25 Lot 5	20 Nov 2022	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 111	VF	USD 10 100.45 (CHF 8000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
From A. Moretti and A. P. Vlasto collections, ex Classical Numismatic Group - Numismatica Ars Classica, 4 December 1996, 573; first published in 1904
© Nomos AG
	Leu Numismatik Auction 10 Lot 2003	24 Oct 2021	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 115	XF	USD 45 452.02 (CHF 36 000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Multiple sales of the same specimen: Numismatica Ars Classica Summer Sale 2025 Lot 86	30 Jul 2025	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 116, Weber# 524	VF	USD 8206.61 (CHF 6500.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 195 Lot 12	7 Mar 2011	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 116, Weber# 524	VF	USD 3479.47 (EUR 3000.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge 23 June 1890, 44a; Ratto 28-29 January 1929, Côte, 24; Leu-M&M 3-4 December 1965, Niggeler I, 26; Glendining-Baldwin 10 December 1986, 12
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Nomos AG Auction 13 Lot 110	7 Oct 2016	ND (500 BC - 480 BC) – Vlasto# 116, Weber# 524	VF	USD 2777.62 (CHF 2200.00) (+ buyer's premium)
Ex SKA Monetarium FPL 55, Spring 1991, 3, from the Hunt collection, II, Sotheby 21 June 1990, 175; ex M&M VIII, 8 Dec 1949, 695; from the collection of M. P. Vlasto, and from that of the Marchese Carlo Strozzi, Sangiorgi, 15 April 1907, 825
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